Bacterial Communities Associated with Houseflies (Musca domestica L.) Sampled within and between Farms.

ABSTRACT: The housefly feeds and reproduces in animal manure and decaying organic substances and thus lives in intimate association with various microorganisms including human pathogens. In order to understand the variation and association between bacteria and the housefly, we used 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to describe bacterial communities of 90 individual houseflies collected within and between ten dairy farms in Denmark. Analysis of gene sequences showed that the most abundant classes of bacteria found across all sites included Bacilli, Clostridia, Actinobacteria, Flavobacteria, and all classes of Proteobacteria and at the genus level the most abundant genera included Corynebacterium, Lactobacillus, Staphylococcus, Vagococcus, Weissella, Lactococcus, and Aerococcus. Comparison of the micr

SUBMITTER: Bahrndorff S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5232358 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature